Lake Abijatta
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Lake Abijatta is an alkaline lake in Ethiopia. It lies in the Main Ethiopian Rift valley south of Addis Ababa, in the Abijatta-Shalla National Park.
Lake Abijatta (right) and Lake Shala (left)
Flamingoes on Lake Abiyatta
Endorheic basin
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An endorheic basin is a drainage basin that normally retains water and allows no outflow to other external bodies of water. Instead, the water drainage flows into permanent and seasonal lakes and swam
The endorheic basin that feeds water into Üüreg Lake, Mongolia
NASA photo of the endorheic Tarim Basin, China
The Okavango Delta (centre) of southern Africa, where the Okavango River spills out into the empty trough of the Kalahari Desert. The area was a lake fed by the river during the Ice Ages (national borders are superimposed).
Aerial view of the endorheic Altiplano basin at the boundary between the cities of El Alto (left) and La Paz (right). Note the topographic contrast between the plateau and the descending valley.